Images of nine-headed birds, each different in appearance, were embedded in the door. They radiated an abstruse, inscrutable sheen, as though set into the very fabric of heaven and earth—primeval and savage.
Jiu Li approached the stone door, a Colorful feather fan appearing in her hand. Its base was dark yellow, with black and white running through it; purple lent it majesty, pale white elegance, and watery hues a touch of color. Together, they wove patterns of the Five Virtues, beautiful without being gaudy, radiant without being glaring, both sacred and solemn.
This was the Five Virtues Heaven and Earth Fan, refined from the feathers shed by the great demons and demon gods of the Phoenix Clan throughout the generations in Fantasy Heaven. It even contained materials of the Legendary Realm. Though it had ultimately failed to become a Peerless Divine Weapon, it was still one of the finest Divine Weapons at the Heavenly Immortal level.
Peerless Divine Weapons and magic treasures had always been rare. Even though the Phoenix Clan had inherited its legacy from the Demon Saintess and accumulated treasures for generations—over countless ages by now—it possessed only a handful. If they had rashly bestowed one upon Jiu Li, everyone would have known she must be carrying some other important mission, which would have defeated the purpose of sending her here.
One pattern after another on the Five Virtues Heaven and Earth Fan lit up. At last, watery hues rippled across it, gathering above Jiu Li's head into a hazy scroll that cast down strands of Clear Light.
Then Jiu Li thrust her right hand forward, calmly triggering the Heavens Blood Fiend Formation on the great door.
With a thunderous roar, the door took on an ancient, weathered crimson hue. A bloody stench spread through the air, so